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Both outran older and more experienced athletes to score 1st, but Ochiai’s win was especially notable. His time of 1:46.54 bettered both the U20 and high school Japanese records set by Allon Clay when he was a student at Soyo H.S. „I was going for the records,“ said Ochiai. „I wanted to race some good college and corporate league people to get the best experience I could before the National Championships.“
At last October’s Yogibo Athletics Challenge meet in Niigata Ochiai had gone out with a similar pace. „I ran according to plan and didn’t have to rush it,“ he said. Over the winter he focused on improving both speed and stamina. „I had a lot left in the tank. With 300 m to go I couldn’t move last time, but this time I had enough left to kick over the last 100 m,“ he said with satisfaction.
